Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-19
SHERiErS PROCLAMATION.
TOR SPECIAL ELECTION IN SUN CITY TOWN.
SHIP, BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS.

To the voters of sun City Township:
,s WHERE'S. on the 18th day OF January "A. d.
1881: the Board of County Commissioners OF
vened In special session in the cffice or the
County Clerk, Of said county at the citv OF
Medicine Lodge the county seat of said coun-
4 ", pursuant 10 the statutes in such case made
and provided, did make and enter on record
the following order to-wit.
WHEREAS, petition signed by F. J. Saun-
gers ana one hundred and twelve others, be-
ing more than twO-ffths of the resident ia K.
payers Of Sun City township, Barber county,
state OF Kansas, WAS on this 18th day of Jan.
uary, n. u. 1887, presented to the Board of
County Commissioners of said county. there
being present W. W. Cook Chairman of aaid
Board and John McGrath and ]. ID. Fleming.
members thereof, and II. J. Taliaferro Conn.
" clerk OF said county, and ex-officio Clerk
OF said Board, which said petition with the
signatures thereto omitted, is in the words
ana ngures following to-wit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To The HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BARBER
IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.
The undersigned being more than two-fifths
OF the resident taxpay ers of Sun City town.
ship, OF the county of Barber, in the state of
to submit TO the qualified electors of eaid
township, proposition to subscribe twenty.
SIX Thousand collars to the capital stock OF
tne Kansas Panhandle Railroad Company.
corporation. created and existing under
ana by virtue OF the laws of the state of as.
sas, wnicn proposes to construct line of
railroad into and through said township and
tnat In payment for said subscription Of said
sIock, ponds OF said township shall be issued
In sums OF one-thousand dollars each, pay.
aDe In thirty years from date OF issue with
interest payable semi-annually at the rate
OF six per cent. per annum, on the first day of
January and on the first day of July of each
ana every year. until said principal shall be-
come due; and said bonds sha ali have attached
tnereto semi-annual interest coupons and
she SAID bonds doth principal ami INTEREST,"
fho Efoa.,
state of Kansas, in the CITY of New York in
the state OF New York.
:, And the conditions on which said subscrip-
non 10 the capital stock shall be made, are
that the said railroad company shall con-
struct and operate and maintain said rail-
road OF standard guaee, from some point
and running thence through said township
and have the same in operation on or before
the Slst day Of December, A. D. 1887, and
said township as follows, to-wit - Within
one-half Cd mile of the intersection of Main
street and Washington Avenue in the town
OF Sun City.
And we further pray that you order a spe-
cial election, to be held in said township in
pursuance of chapter l07 of the laws of 1876
and the acts of the legislature of the state of
Kansas amendstory thereof, to vote upon
the question of subscribing for said stock as
aioressid; And the form OF the ballots to be
ton, be " for subscription to stock Of the
Kansas Panhandle Railroad Company, {"
and those against such propositions, to be
Against subscription to stock of the KAN
sas Panhandle Railroad Company.
AND WHEREAS said Board of County Commits
siOuers have examined said petition, and Il
having been shown to the satisfaction Of said
board, that said petition has been signed by
more than two-ffths of the resident tax
payers, in said township and Is in the form
prescribed by law and is in all respects regu-
lar and legal and said board so finds and de-
clares.
Now THEREroRE, pursuant to the prayer of
n
made and provided it 10 hereby ordered by
the Board of Count Commissioners, Of said
county, that special election be held at
the usual voting places in said township on
THURSDAY, THE cath DAY OF FRBRU-
AIRY, A. d. 1887,
1t which said election the proposition
set forth in the hereinbefOre recited petition,
which petition with the signatures thereto
omitted, is hereby made q part of this order
shall be submitted TO the legally qualified
voters Of said township, for their decision by
ballot.
And 1t is further ordered by said Board of
County Commissioners, that the Sheriff of
said county, make due proclamation to the
voters OF said township, of the holding Of
said election at the time and place aforesaid,
by publishing the same for 81 days or more
next proceeding the day of holding said cleo
ton: in some newspaper. ppbilised in said
said township, and that in said proclamation
said Sheriff set forth the above and forego-
ing order; and recite said petition therein.
In witness whereof we, the undersigned
chairman and members of the Board OF Coun-
ty Commissioners of the county of Barber,
state of Kansas, have hereunto, set our
hands as chairman and members aforesaid,
at the countyseat of said county, this 18th
day of January, A. ID. 1887.
WV. COOK, Chairman.
JOHN MCGRATH,
j. d. FLEMING,
Commissioners.
AS attest my signature and the Seal of said
county of Barber hereto affixed this 18th day
of January, A. ID. 1887.
lL.S.l ROBERT TALIAFERRo,
County Clerk of Barber county. state of
Kansas.
Now therefore. 1, Charles d. Nelson, Sheriff
of Barber county. Kansas, under and by vir-
tue of the foregoing order of the Board of
the authority In me vested by law as such
Sheriff, do hereby proclaim and make known
that there will be held a special election of
the qualified voters of Sun City town
ship, In said county, at the usual
voting places in said township, on
THURSDAY, THE 2ith DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY, A. ID. 1887.
upon the proposition as set forth in the said
order of said Board of County Com
missioners of said Barber county, Kansas,
and In the manner and form as therein set
forth, and that said election will be held, the
returns made and the result ascertafned in
the same manner as Is provided by law for
general elections.
Done at my once in the city of Medicine
Lodge in said county of Barber this 18th day
of January, A. d. 1887.
CHARLES n. NELSON.
Sheriff OF Barber county, Kan as.
By WIN. LINDSEY, Under Sheriff.